Tag archive for ‘Lo-fi’
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[Album Review] Pure X “Pleasures”
On July 5th Pure X (formerly Pure Ecstasy) will release their anticipated LP, Pleasures, much to the chagrin of their fans who have eagerly awaited this after numerous EPs and singles. Let us say, boy was it worth the wait. Pleasures affirms the group’s unique lo-fi minimalist rock and pushes their instrumentation further. The album feels like a [...]
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Pure X “You’re In It Now”
Pure X, formerly Pure Ecstasy, are an Austin base garage rock, lo-fi sounding band. Great stuff. We’ve been talking about them for a while, and are so thankful to finally have our hands on the new album. Their debut album, Pleasures, is scheduled to be released July 5th.
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[Interview] LoveLikeFire “Heating Up”
I could sense the urgency in Ann Yu’s voice as she talked about her new album, Dust. The lead singer of San Francisco-based LoveLikeFire has struggled for years to support her dream of being a professional musician. The group’s buzz might have peaked with their debut, Tear Ourselves Away, which garnered her comparisons to Karen O of the [...]
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Kanye West Good Fridays with Travis Barker, Jim Jones and More Downloads From SFCritic
Kanye West: “Lord Lord Lord” (feat. Mos Def, Swizz Beatz, Raekwon & Charlie Wilson) Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Friday—his drop of free new music every Friday until the release of his fifth album—has been racked with epics, gifting us with a couple major posse cuts. There is nothing too out of the ordinary (i.e. no Bon Iver feature) on [...]
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Tamaryn Release Party Live Review
My friend turned to me and said “Tamaryn is the epitome of shoegaze.” While the buzzing San Francisco band performed like a shoegaze group, standing motionless, strumming away tripped out grooves, the association is limiting. Embedded within sweeping guitar chords, and methodical rhythms is an ease, and gentleness that is comforting and alarming like the ocean. Lead singer [...]
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Download Music #FF: Lupe Fiasco, J Dilla, Tame Impala & more…
Lupe Fiasco: “Go To Sleep” When Lupe Fiasco came kick-push-coasting his way out of Chicago, he had the kind of unprecedented momentum hip-hop fans wouldn’t see again until…well, Drake. Lupe looked poised to pop like so much champagne. Fast forward four years and fans are getting antsy awaiting his daily delayed third album, Lazers, and it looks like [...]
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Wavves Live Review at Rickshaw
Wavves: “King of The Beach” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] I’m not sure if I can imagine a collective group of people who cared about what everything was less than the 100+ plus people at the Wavves Rickshaw Stop show Wednesday night. The band, from the start of the set to the end, continuously tried to [...]
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Pitchfork Riding Popularity Wave
Is Pitchfork playing it safe, or is it just riding the cool wave? One of our writers (William) pointed out this criticism of Pitchfork to me earlier today. Entitled “What Cool Does To Your Score,” the article suggests that Pitchfork’s scoring of Ariel Pink’s albums have increased paralleling lo-fi’s growing popularity. The argument isn’t overly developed, and while [...]
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#FF Mp3 Downloads: Mos Def, Tame Impala, Big K.R.I.T. and more
Big K.R.I.T. : “Hometown Hero” (Ft. Yelawolf) Big K.R.I.T. and Yelawolf are reportedly linking up for a joint mixtape, Country Cu$$inz. While the project has no foreseeable release date yet, the pair decided to sneak a taste of what’s to come with a remix of K.R.I.T.’s “Hometown Hero.” Yelawolf takes the second verse slow, tempering his double-time flow [...]
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Pure Ecstasy: Featured Artist
The wonderful thing about being a music enthusiast/blogger/collector is stumbling upon an unknown (by you or by most people) band and having to double take your player, “Who’s this!?” I have three tracks on my Ipod by Pure Ecstasy, the Austin lo-fi, surf rock group that only has 77k page views on MySpace. Each time one of their [...]
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